AIDAN Policy Brief: Drug Prices and Affordability

All India Drug Action Forum Aidan

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Abstract: India has a booming drug industry and has contributed to making generics at low prices worldwide. But medicines within India are overpriced and unaffordable. Price regulation of medicines is a key public policy measure for health of India’s teeming masses. Only the Government of India can do it --- like it has done for cell phone rates, insurance premia, electricity tariff, bank interest rates, etc.

Keywords: drug prices; health care; medicare; medicines; drug prices; public policy; health studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-04
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